{"id":56094,"date":"2025-07-19T12:00:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T12:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=56094"},"modified":"2025-07-19T12:00:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T12:00:30","slug":"priest-shares-how-he-battled-depression-emerged-from-dark-pit-of-temptation-to-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/priest-shares-how-he-battled-depression-emerged-from-dark-pit-of-temptation-to-suicide\/","title":{"rendered":"\u3046\u3064\u75c5\u3068\u6226\u3044\u3001\u81ea\u6bba\u306e\u8a98\u60d1\u3068\u3044\u3046\u300c\u6697\u3044\u7a74\u300d\u304b\u3089\u629c\u3051\u51fa\u3057\u305f\u53f8\u796d\u306e\u8a3c\u8a00"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Father Salvador Aguado Miguel. \/ Credit: Courtesy of Father Salvador Aguado Miguel Vatican City, Jul 10, 2025 \/ 16:30 pm (CNA). \u201cI was on the edge of a precipice, dead inside, at the very bottom of a dark pit.\u201d With these stark words, Spanish priest Salvador Aguado Miguel shared his testimony following the suicide last week of young Father Matteo Balzano, an event that has shaken the Catholic Church, especially in Italy. In the wake of this tragedy, Aguado shared\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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In the wake of this tragedy, Aguado shared\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":57566,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-56094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":72634,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/priest-expert-in-new-evangelization-on-todays-catholic-moment\/","url_meta":{"origin":56094,"position":0},"title":"Priest expert in new evangelization on today\u2019s Catholic moment","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"12\u6708 29, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Father Manuel Chouci\u00f1o. \/ Credit: ACI Prensa Madrid, Spain, Dec 23, 2025 \/ 07:00 am (CNA). 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